Norman L Tooman

US Patent:

7025176, Apr 11, 2006

Filed:

Jun 9, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/456170

Inventors:

Norman L. Tooman - Bakersfield CA, US

International Classification:

F16N 7/00

US Classification:

184101, 411428, 118244

Abstract:

A bolt greaser unit for lubricating the exposed top ends of anchor bolts that secure the base tower of wind generators to the foundation that is formed in the ground. The bolt greaser unit has a vertically oriented tubular housing having a base member secured to its bottom end and a circular cap member detachably secured to its top end. The interior chamber of the tubular housing has a plurality of vertically oriented rod members having their bottom ends screwed into the top surface of the base member. Each rod member has a brush member telescopically received thereon. The top end of the rod members pass through apertures in the circular cap member and are secured in position by nuts. A universal joint structure is fixedly secured to the top surface of the cap member and it has a four sided shank portion extending upwardly that is telescopically received in the bore hole of a socket mounted on the drive shaft of a cordless power tool that would be used to rotate the bolt greaser unit. The base member has a central aperture having a width greater than the diameter of the anchor bolts over which the bolt greaser unit is lowered. A gob grease would be placed on the top end of the anchor bolts prior to insertion into the bottom end of the bolt greaser unit and when the drive shaft of the power tool rotates, the grease would be throughly spread into the grooves of the threads of the anchor bolts.

US Patent:

D579761, Nov 4, 2008

Filed:

Dec 13, 2007

Appl. No.:

29/293831

Inventors:

Norman L. Tooman - Bakersfield CA, US

International Classification:

0805

US Classification:

D 8356

US Patent:

7975519, Jul 12, 2011

Filed:

Jan 30, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/012137

Inventors:

Norman L. Tooman - Bakersfield CA, US

International Classification:

B21J 7/16
B23G 5/00
B21H 3/02

US Classification:

72 76, 72 46, 72123, 470 2, 470 9, 470 11, 470 49, 29517

Abstract:

A wind turbine installation comprises anchor bolts having a sheath or sleeve which extends above the cement foundation and the overlying grout layer. If desired, the sleeve may partially extend inside the base flange of the wind turbine tower. The sleeve may be manufactured from polypropylene, polyethylene or other materials having satisfactory mechanical properties, primarily that the material be capable of withstanding sufficient plastic deformation to cause the material to conform to the shape of the threads of the anchor bolts without the material failing. This swaging operation results in a crimped end which forms an interference fit with the threads of the anchor bolt thereby preventing or limiting the intrusion of water or other liquids into the bolt-sleeve annulus during the installation of the turbine foundation.

US Patent:

8146323, Apr 3, 2012

Filed:

May 10, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/104283

Inventors:

Norman L. Tooman - Bakersfield CA, US

International Classification:

E02D 27/00

US Classification:

5274504, 5274215, 52294, 52297

Abstract:

In a foundation for a wind turbine, the foundation has a large number of anchor bolts which are axially placed within the bore hole for mounting a tower flange of the wind turbine. In contrast to the practiced method, the present invention utilizes the fabrication of separate bolt packages, in which the bolts of each bolt package are configured to have an inner arc of bolts and outer arc of bolts, where each bolt in the bolt package is retained, by position retention means, in a fixed position with respect to the position of the other anchor bolts in the pre-assembled package. The present invention describes the position retention means for forming each pre-assembled package and a method of using the position retentions for constructing a foundation for a wind turbine.

US Patent:

8272181, Sep 25, 2012

Filed:

Mar 3, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/717084

Inventors:

Norman L. Tooman - Bakersfield CA, US
Joseph W. Bruce - Bakersfield CA, US

International Classification:

E02D 27/00
E02D 27/32
E04B 1/00
E04G 21/00

US Classification:

52295, 52296, 522933, 527413, 5274517, 416DIG 6

Abstract:

A foundation for a tall vertical structure, such as a wind turbine installation, features anchor bolts having a grout cap slid over the anchor bolt, where the grout cap has a flared skirt which seals against the open annulus formed by the anchor bolt and its accompanying PVC sleeve, where the top of the PVC sleeve is generally flush with the bottom of the grout trough. The grout cap extends from its bottom which abuts the bottom of the grout trough, up and extending at least partially into a bolt hole in the tower flange. A method of protecting anchor bolts utilizing the grout cap is also described.

US Patent:

8555518, Oct 15, 2013

Filed:

May 18, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/475846

Inventors:

Norman Tooman - Bakersfield CA, US

International Classification:

E04G 21/18
E02D 27/42

US Classification:

33645, 52295, 5274115

Abstract:

A method of forming a grout trough for a wind turbine foundation replaces the heavy and single piece template with a plurality of arc-shaped sections which are light weight and connected together to form the grout trough. The individual sections include mechanisms which enable the sections to be removed from the cured concrete by rotation of nuts on the anchor bolts which either pushes or pulls the template section away from the contact with the cured concrete. An embodiment of an individual section has a lifting bale which may be used to pick up an entire bolt package of up to twenty bolts.

US Patent:

20080152459, Jun 26, 2008

Filed:

Dec 21, 2007

Appl. No.:

12/004825

Inventors:

Norman L. Tooman - Bakersfield CA, US
Joseph W. Bruce - Bakersfield CA, US

International Classification:

F16B 37/14

US Classification:

4113725

Abstract:

The anchor bolt cap for placement over an anchor bolt and nut assembly has an anchor bolt nut enclosure with bottom and top sides, a tubular anchor bolt enclosure member with bottom and top ends, and an end cap with a closed top side and an open bottom side. The distance between the tubular anchor bolt enclosure member bottom and top ends is variable. The tubular anchor bolt enclosure member top end is connected to the end cap open bottom side, and the bottom end is connected to the anchor bolt nut enclosure top side. The anchor bolt nut enclosure bottom side can have a groove containing an o-ring, or a bottom flange member with a groove containing an o-ring. The anchor bolt nut enclosure top side can have a flange. The connection means can be thermal or chemical welding, or mating threads. The method of using the anchor bolt cap comprises determining the length of the tubular anchor bolt enclosure member, cutting the tubular anchor bolt enclosure member, attaching an end of the tubular anchor bolt enclosure member to an anchor bolt nut enclosure and another end of the tubular anchor bolt enclosure member to an end cap, and using a slide hammer to place the anchor bolt nut enclosure onto an anchor bolt nut. The anchor bolt cap may also be removed using a slide hammer.

US Patent:

20090044482, Feb 19, 2009

Filed:

Oct 14, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/287917

Inventors:

Norman L. Tooman - Bakersfield CA, US

International Classification:

E02D 27/32
E04H 12/00

US Classification:

52699, 5274215

Abstract:

An apparatus for use in providing a level grout surface for placement of a wind turbine tower flange, the apparatus comprising a template member levelly suspended on the anchor bolts above the grout trough, wherein the template member comprises a surface to which grout will not adhere. The template member can comprise an upper layer and a lower grout engagement layer, wherein the grout engagement layer comprises a surface to which grout will not adhere. The upper layer can comprise a metallic layer, and the lower layer can comprise a plastic layer, wherein the upper layer and the lower layer are bonded together. The lower layer can comprise polypropylene. The means of bonding are selected from the group consisting of mechanical bonding, thermal bonding and chemical bonding. The grout can comprise an epoxy grout. The template member can be suspended through the use of magnetic nuts or the use of a rotating sleeve. The template member can comprise a plurality of sections, and can comprise a circular form.